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May 2007
"We need spring. We need it desperately and, usually, we need it before God is willing to give it to us."
- Peter Gzowski
May 2007
Life on Nut Island
by Stephen Williams
With four strokes of a pen, Ontario police officer Ron Heinemann set in motion the disbandment of an elite crime-fighting unit. Was he a villain, or the scapegoat for a corrupted police culture? NMA nominee: Investigative Repoting…[more]Illustration by Josh Cochran
National Magazine Award Nominee
A Pianist in Rwanda
by Deborah Kirshner
A University of British Columbia music professor brings the Western classical canon to Kigali. NMA nominee: Travel, Deborah Kirshner…[more]
International Affairs
The Hamas Dilemma
by Richard A. Johnson
With all eyes focused on Palestine, will the Islamic Resistance Movement choose violence and ideology or pragmatic rule?…[more]
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Field Notes
Suburban Renewal
by Michel Arseneault
A French architect remodels public housing, and perhaps the presidency…[more]
Field Notes
The Sopranos of Gaza City
by Mitchell Prothero
The outlaw Daghmash family seek revenge against Hamas…[more]
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Bonus Photos for “The Hamas Dilemma”
by Richard A. Johnson
Images from the author’s travels in the West Bank. » View Photo Gallery «
Books
City Limits
by Alex Mazer
Is it time to rethink our view of Jane Jacobs as a visionary?…[more]
Field Notes
Animated Discussion
by Christopher Michael
An unsettling evening of candour at a Japanese jabber joint…[more]
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Bonus Photos for “A Pianist in Rwanda”
by Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin
Flower arrangements from the Hôtel des Mille Collines. » View Photo Gallery «
Field Notes
Run of the Isle
by John DeMont
The long race for real estate in Canada’s smallest province…[more]
Media
The Last Laugh
by Rebecca Addelman
Why Canadian satire can’t measure up to Stewart and Colbert…[more]
National Magazine Award Gold Medal
Alienated Cosmopolitans
by Mark A. Cheetham
Can we be world citizens yet still retain a sense of place? NMA Gold Medal: Portrait Photography…[more]
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Bonus Images for “Wild Chamber”
by Roger Ballen
More work by the artist featured in this month’s Detail. » View Photo Gallery «
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